War game apparatus



Nov. 13, 1951 c. w. HALL WAR GAME APPARATUS 2 Sl-IEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Feb. 28, 1949 C4260 m w /6 m my WW m Wm w @w e m A F H/725 04/ OPPOA/EA/TS o paa/sA/n's 1/73 04/ sea mean 35 0 W6, INVENTOR LOST C'OEL/SS M4 HALL. E a] p/snrse. y v O u I o flan d? 2 3 4 5 6 A A m? E) wan CAEGO E] a o scour Nov. 13, 1951 c. w. HALL WAR GAME APPARATUS 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Feb. 28, 1949 INVENTOR. I Cola/5s 14/. #444 Patented Nov. 13, 1951 vUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WAR GAME APPARATUS Corliss W. Hall, Dayton, Ohio Application February 28, 1949, Serial No. 78,785

7 Claims. 1

invention relates to a game and particularly to a parlor game embodying both elements of chance and skill.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an attractive parlor game of the type generally known heretofore under the designation or Salvo, in which the targets may be set up securely on the opposing game boards, with attractive indications of the location of the targets, the shots which are directed towards the opponents targets and the possible hits scored thereon.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a collapsible game embodying a pair of opposed game boards, which is rugged in construction, economical to produce and attractive in appearance as a result of the utilization of an illuminated interior with colored, light transmitting playing pieces in the form of pegs which transmit light from the interior of the game to the exterior of the game boards While effectively concealing the disposition of the playing pieces on the opposing boards.

The invention is based upon the principle of a game of the type disclosed in the patents to Blau, No. 2,053,598, Heath, No. 2,058,079 and Wupper, No. 2,100,421, in which targets, in the form of different types of battleships, are set up on a playing field by each of two opponents which the other seeks to destroy or incapacitate by directing shots in an efiort to first guess the location of the targets by chance and then by skill, once the targets have been struck by one of the directed shots.

It is the object of the present invention to improve upon such games as are known in the prior art by providing game boards each having a plurality of juxtaposed spaces with a plurality of apertures positioned at corresponding points in each of the spaces in order to accommodate playing pegs which may be easily inserted and removed from the apertures rapidly and with certainty. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, one of the apertures in each of the spaces serves to accommodate the pegs for delineating the location of the targets, which are preferably designated as. different forms of air: ships such as a bomber,,fighter, scout and cargo. ship, and these different ships are laid out on the playing board by differently colored pegs for each type of ship, requiring a plurality of pegs arranged in juxtaposed spaces of the gameboard along either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line. A second one of the apertures in each of he marine sp ce se s o rece ev h ndi i u 2 pegs designating the shots. which are called against the opponentfs targets in order that such shots will be called no more than once, and in those instances where such, shots strike the opponents target, thes e are distinguished from the ineffective shots by the use of a distinctively colored peg. A third aperture. in each one of the spaces on the playing-board may serve to receive pegs, for noting the spaces which are calledby the opponent against the players targets and more, particularly thespaces inwhich hits are scored by the opponent against said target in order to apprise the. player ofv the proximity of the shots scored by the opponent against the targets which are delineatedon the playersboard The provision of light transmitting pegs of plastic material of different colors, coupled with the illumination of the interior, of; the game, re, sults in one of highly attractive. appearance and esthetic appeal.

In order to preclude any possible viewing of the opponents. board through the openings in the boards, each playing board includes. a selfsealing flexible layer of material, preferably of sponge rubber, which permits a convenient and rapid insertion and removal of the playing pegs and the retention thereof while they are impaled on the board While blocking on these openings whensthe playing pegs are removed from the apertures. in the respective playing boards.

The invention comprehends av playing board which, in addition to the playing area with apertures therein, has apluralit'y of apertures for re,

ceiving the pegs in their inoperative positions which results in a highly compact game arrange: ment. When a gameboard of laminated cardboard and flexible sheet rubber isused, all of the apertures may be stamped out in a rapid and single mechanical operation; If desired additional apertur in scoring boxes may be provided to designate the count ofv the shots which are made on theopponents target units as well as the shots which the opponenthasscored on the players targets to obtain a clear summary of the status of the battle.-

Other objects and purposes will. appear from the detailed description of the invention followin hereinafter, taken. in. conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig, l is a perspectiveifview oi the game in accordancewith the present invention;-

Fig. 2,. is a, vertical lon itudinal. sectio o gh the center of the game unit showingthe, disposirtion of the. ame boards with the. light source here c cem.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view along line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along line 44 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the lower portion of the game board showing the placement of the playing pegs on the board in their inoperative positions; and

Fig. 6- shows a scoring summary which may be incorporated on the face of each of the game boards in a difierent embodiment of the invention.

As shown in Fig. l, the game is formed essentially of two oppositely disposed game boards and 10, each of identical construction and identical indicia thereon, in order that the game may be played by two opponents with the game board of each concealed from the view of the other.

Only one game board will be described in detail in view of the identity between the two, and as shown in Fig. 1, the face of the game board 10, which may be formed of cardboard, plastic, wood or any other material, bears a plurality of juxtaposed playing spaces, which, in the illustrated embodiment has been shown in the form of thirty-six squares arranged in six vertical rows designated 1,2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and six horizontal rows designated A, B, C, D, E and F. Thus, each square can be readily designated by reference to the vertical numerical and horizontal lettered coordinates. Each one of the squares may be provided with three corresponding spaced apertures in each square for the reception of playing pegs and, as shown in the drawing, one of the apertures may be in the upper left hand corner of the square, the second one may be disposed centrally at the bottom of each square, and a third one of the apertures may be disposed in the up er right hand corner of each square. Difierent targets are adapted to be located upon the playing field in any desired location, and these targets may be represented by three bomber pegs ll of yellow color, three fighter pegs 12, which may be of green color, two scout playing pegs iii of blue color, and two cargo plane pegs M of pink color. It is necessary that the pegs of each one of the planes be disposed in juxtaposed squares in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction and it is also necessary that corresponding openings in each one of the squares be used for the reception of the pegs representing the combat targets. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper left hand apertures of the squares may serve to receive the target pegs. Thus, in the illustrated setting in Fig. 1, the bomber is shown located in squares A-i, B-i and Ci. The fighter pegs i2 are located in squares B-3, B-4 and 3-5. The scout plane pegs are shown located in squares E-l and F-2 and the cargo plan pegs are shown located in squares E4 and F-3.

Following the setting of the targets by each one of the players, the first player takes three shots on the opponent's target and these are represented by the pegs l5 which may be of clearplastic, were inserted in squares D-3 and 6-4. However, when the player called 3-5, the opponent declared that a hit was made and for that reason a peg l6, of distinctive red color, was inserted in the opening in that square to indicate that some target is disposed in one or more squares in juxtaposed relation to 3-5, so that subsequent shots can be directed in that vicinity of the game board in order to incapacitate completely any target plane which may have been disposed by the opponent at that portion of the game board.

It is then the opponent's turn to take three shots against the targets disposed on the board 10 which the opponent notes in corresponding fashion by inserting his pegs i 5 or Hi from board It) in the bottom openings in the respective squares, in a manner similar to the designations above described in connection with the player operating on board It.

The third aperture in each one of the squares, in this case the apertures in the upper right hand corners of each of the squares, may be used to designate the shots called by the opponent and these are primarily made only when such shots score hits against the player's targets. Thus, one of the shots called by the opponent was B4 and for that reason a peg I1, which may be of brown color, was inserted in the upper right hand corner of that square to designate that the opponent has scored one hit on the bomber and would most likely call additional shots in that vicinity in order to destroy the target which the opponent estimates to be in that portion of the game board. While it might be desirable in some instances to designate all the shots called by the opponent against the targets on ones board, which would require an additional number of pegs i1, this is not essential.

The game proceeds in the manner described above, each player calling three shots in turn until one has succeeded in bringing down all of the airships of the other. The total number of pegs l5 and i6 combine to make thirty-six possible shots on the playing field of thirty-six squares.

While game boards as described above, embodying apertures and pegs may be conveniently played by opponents in any position as long as each board of each layer is concealed from the other, the construction in accordance with the invention provides an attractive and rugged structural unit which effectively disposes the game boards from the view of the opponent while at the same time providing a collapsible assembly 4 having many esthetic features and arresting eye may be punched out at the same time as are the apertures 22 in the backing cardboard 20, which is a very rapid operation. The sheet of sponge rubber 25 is pierced at the same points in order to permit the passage of the shanks of the pegs, but these piercings are self closing when the pegs are removed therefrom so that the openings 22 are not visible from openings 2|.

The game board 10 is formed similarly to the game board I0 and the two sheets of apertured eqarclboe d are maintained in integrated c i tion: with" as. mam-sea. sheet. or flexible: maeterialby means of. rivets; 23:.

as shown in Eigsa and 3.; he. gamebcardsarer portion 21 along scoring lines .3 so that the center portionv 21, may be folded upwardly inlthe space between the gamexboardst The; top of the game board is closedlby awall 3-2. providediwith ventie lating apertures arm the. top thereof and walls 34 or. flexible mater'iaLsuch as sheet rubber, serve to close off the lateral boundaries between the edges f h game boardand. the top. A lamp socket. Z8 is mounted on the intermediate portion 21' for receiving a light bulb 29 which is energized from an electric cord 30 terminating in a plug which may be inserted inany available outlet receptacle. The resulting structure is a substanclosed housing embodying a light source on the interiorthereof which serves.- to illuminatethe game 1 and transmit the light from between. the game boards to the exterior thereof, resulting; in averypleasingand attractive game; L

desired, the scoring of the individnalhits upon: the-respective targets. oi the opponnhas well as those of the player, may be keptrbythe provision of summary scoring boxes as shown in Fig. 6. In such case, additional pegs would be required for insertion in the apertures 36 to desig hate the scored by each player on the respective target of the opponend asdeclared bythe latter, as well as pegs for apertures 35' to summarize the hits scored by the opponent on the player's targets. Any desired scoring counts may be devised to give the loser partial credit for the damage he has done although the winner first succeeded in destroying all of the target units of the former.

While I have described my invention as embodied in a specific form and as operating in a specific manner for purpose of illustration, it should be understood that I do not limit my in-. vention thereto, since various modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the annexed claims.

I claim:

1. A game board having outlined thereon a plurality of juxtaposed spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical lines, said board having three apertures in each one of said spaces at correspondingly positioned points thereof, a plurality of sets of pegs insertable in said apertures at the three corresponding points thereof, comprising one set of pegs to designate a plurality of combat targets with each target delineated by a predetermined number of pegs at the corresponding point in a series of consecutive spaces along ahorizontal, vertical or diagonal line, a second set of pegs insertable at a second corresponding point of said juxtaposed spaces to designate the location of called shots against opponents targets, and the remaining corresponding apertures insaid spaces adapted to receive designation of the shots called by the opponents against the targets set up on said game board.

2. A game board having outlined thereon a plurality of juxtaposed spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical lines, said board having three apertures in each one of said spaces at correspondingly positioned points thereof, a plurality of sets of pegs insertable in said apertures at the three: correspondin pomts th reof; o prising" horizontal, verticator diag nalline, with the pegs of each target being distinguishable from those;

oithe. other targets, a second set of pegs insertablcl 'ata; second corresponding point of said juxtaposed, spaces. to designate the location of'called; shotsagainst opponents targets, W thsaid. pe being; distin uishable. betw en the. sh ts whi h. hare. struck the opponents targets and! thos whichhave cussed saidtarsets, and at hird Set: pegs insertable. at the third; orrespon in point. oi. saidv juxtaposed spaces. to. designat hits scoredby opponent. on. said.fiist mentionedc me bat.- t'argets. delineated on said. game board...

3. A game. comprising a pair. of independent upstanding game boards disposed oppositely and. angularly with respect to each other, each board." haying a, plurality of spaces with aperturestherepegs insertable in saidapertures by opponentsplaying on each of said game boardsbearinformation requiring concealment. from. each. other,-, each of. saideame boards. embodying a layer of. flexible; material which. is penetrablc by 'said pcgs, but which otherwise is. sch-sealin so. thatsaid apertures on. each ameboard can;

not: be. seenby theo'ppon nt.

LA.- game; comprising a pair, of, independent; upstanding gameboards disposed. oppositely and singularly; with respecttoeach.other, a ioldable base interconnecting the bottoms of said game boards, a lamp socket mounted on said base, a top provided with ventilating openings extending between the upper ends of said game boards, flexible walls extending between the sides of said game boards to form a substantially closed housing for the light source adapted to be mounted in said lamp socket, each board having a plurality of spaces with apertures therein, and differently colored light transmitting pegs insertable in said apertures by opponents playing on each of said game boards bearing information requiring concealment from each other, each of said game boards embodying a layer of flexible elastic material which is penetrable by said pass but which otherwise is self-sealing so that said apertures on each game board cannot be seen by the opponent.

5. A game as set forth in claim 3 wherein each game board is formed of a pair of sheets of cardboard with an intermediate layer of sponge rubber therebetween and a plurality of apertures on the board for receiving the pegs in their inoperative position in addition to the apertures in the playing spaces.

6. A game board of laminated material having outlined thereon a plurality of juxtaposed spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical lines, said board having a plurality of sets of apertures in each one of said spaces at correspondingly positioned points thereof, a plurality of light transmitting pegs of diiierent colors insertable in said apertures at corresponding points thereof, comprising one set of pegs to designate a plurality of combat targets with each target delineated by a predetermined number of pegs at the corresponding point in a series of consecutive spaces along a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, and a second set of pegs insertable at a second corresponding point of said juxtaposed spaces to designate the location of called shots against opponents targets, said game board having a plurality 7 of apertures for seatingsald pegs. i nntheirvinoperative positions, a light sourcebehind said game board, and said game board embodying a layer of flexible elastic material which is penetrable by said pegs but which other'wiseis self: sealing to block off the transmission of light from the opposite faces of said board exceptthat passing through said pegs.

7. A game comprising a pair of independent upstanding game boards disposed oppositely and angularly with respect to each other, a foldable base interconnecting the bottoms of said game boards, a lamp socket mounted on said base,a top provided with ventilating openings extending between the upper ends of said game boards, and flexible walls extending between the sides of said game boards to form a substantially closed housing for the light source adapted to be mounted in said lamp socket, each board having outlined thereon a plurality of juxtaposed spaces arranged in horizontal and vertical lines, said board having three apertures in each one of said spaces at correspondingly positioned points thereof, a plurality of sets of difierently colored light transmitting pegs insertable in said apertures at the three corresponding points thereof, comprising juxtaposed spaces to designate the location or called shots against opponent's targets, with said pegs being distinguishable betweenthe shots which. have struck the opponents targets and those which have missed said targets, and a thirdset of pegs insertable at the third corresponding point of said juxtaposed spaces to designate hits scored by opponent on said first-mentioned combat targets delineated on said game board, and said board having a plurality of apertures therein for receiving said differently colored pegs in their inoperative positions preparatory to their placement in their playing positions,

' CORLISS W. HALL.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,594,832 Hasseler Aug. 3,1926 1,680,609 Grundy Aug; 14, 1928 1,755,315 Chubb Apr. 22, 1930 1,942,291 Jefferson Jan. 2, 1934 2,053,598 Blau Sept. 8, 1936 2,058,079 Heath Oct. 20, 1936 2,100,420 Wupper- Nov. 20, 1937 2,149,363 Rivkin Mar. 7, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 15,478 Great Britain 1890 369,283 Germany Feb. 17, 1923 

